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Right wing · #56

Kailer Yamamoto

Edmonton Oilers Seattle Kraken Utah Mammoth(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Right
Height
175 cm
Weight
81 kg
Born
Spokane, USA
Draft
2017, round 1, #22 (EDM)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
72
Goals
16
Points
28
TOI per game
11:52
xGF% (5v5)
60.4%
Goals above expected
+5.0
ShowAll teamsEdmonton OilersSeattle KrakenUtah Mammoth

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2017–18EDM9033−215:10230.0%12.862.7%
2018–19EDM17112−613:04137.7%11.850.5%
2019–20EDM27111526+1717:234425.0%37.750.8%
2020–21EDM5281321+916:226911.6%212.149.4%
2021–22EDM81202141−116:5211417.5%618.348.5%
2022–23EDM58101525+1216:359710.3%013.253.3%
2023–24SEA598816−911:596113.1%68.952.3%
2024–25UTA12213−112:071315.4%22.563.6%
2025–26UTA59131023+1111:486021.7%08.259.1%
2026–27UTA1112+212:28250.0%00.286.9%
Total3 teams3757488162+3214:5149614.9%2175.752.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.810203040506070
11m11m12m12m13m13m10203040506070Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

78th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line
  • Goals /600.8064th pct
  • Assists /600.9557th pct
  • ixG /600.8267th pct
  • Goals above expected−1.748th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)52.3%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.6%79th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.668th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2875th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:5168th pct
  • PP time share19.5%51st pct
  • Offensive zone starts56.3%53rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%83rd pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Joonas DonskoiSJS/SEA0.85
  2. Mavrik BourqueDAL0.85
  3. Anthony CirelliTBL0.80
  4. Andrew MangiapaneCGY/CHI0.79
  5. Jesper FastNYR/CAR0.78
  6. Eetu LuostarinenFLA0.74

Faceoffs

How often Yamamoto wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1751+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

38.3%

70–113 · below the 1751 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

37.9%

Opponents won 49.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.4% against them.

Wins above average

−22

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

2.1

183 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

41%32 · +1.925%20 · +2.439%69 · +2.350%2 · 0.050%4 · −1.433%3 · 0.038%8 · −0.646%13 · +0.138%32 · +6.8Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone36.0% 32–57
  • Neutral zone40.8% 20–29
  • Defensive zone40.0% 18–27

By strength

  • Even strength36.0% 58–103
  • Power play60.0% 12–8
  • Shorthanded0.0% 0–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −19 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–1810.0%-0.8%
2019–201100.0%89.5%
2020–2110.0%5.3%
2021–22633.3%33.7%
2022–231346.2%46.2%
2023–2410735.5%35.1%
2024–252100.0%94.4%
2025–265141.2%40.8%
2026–2710.0%3.2%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+5.0 goals above expected

05101510203040506070Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed31.2 km/h2nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot119.7 km/h27th pct
  • Distance skated3 km4th pct
  • Offensive-zone time54.2%100th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.6 km/h32nd pct

▼ −1.4 km/h since 2024–25

3535.53636.53737.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.3 km/h, 61st percentile (81 games)2022–23: 35.4 km/h, 33rd percentile (58 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 28th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 37.0 km/h, 79th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 35.6 km/h, 32nd percentile (59 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.956th pct

▼ −2.3 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.4, 42nd percentile (81 games)2022–23: 4.4, 44th percentile (58 games)2023–24: 6.4, 63rd percentile (59 games)2024–25: 8.3, 77th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 5.9, 56th percentile (59 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km44th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.7 km, 12th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 14.6 km, 14th percentile (58 games)2023–24: 15.4 km, 40th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 15.5 km, 42nd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 15.4 km, 44th percentile (59 games)

Hardest shot

139.9 km/h54th pct

▲ +7.0 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 143.4 km/h, 48th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 138.8 km/h, 30th percentile (58 games)2023–24: 143.4 km/h, 56th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 132.9 km/h, 17th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 139.9 km/h, 54th percentile (59 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.2%41st pct

▼ −3.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.3%, 58th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 41.6%, 46th percentile (58 games)2023–24: 45.3%, 87th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 44.4%, 83rd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 41.2%, 41st percentile (59 games)